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GAR COUPLING.

No. 882,759. Pate'ntedfMay 15, 1888;

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` UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE'.

CHRISTIE EBY, RHINELANDER, WISCONSIN.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.v382,759,' dated May.15, 1888.

Application tiled August 8, 1887. Serial No. 246,382. (Nomodel.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Be itknown that I, CHRISTIE EBY, of Rhinelander, in the county ofLincoln and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Car-Couplings; and I do hereby declare that thefollowi-ngis a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

AThis invention embraces an improved carcoupling comprising a draw-headprovided with two lateral extensions or pins, and also with two swinginghooks constructed to swing about a horizontal axis and to'Y engage thelateral projections or pins of another similar draw-head, together withmeans for actuating such carcoupling from the side or top of the car.

The invention embraces the matters hereinafter described, and pointedout in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention, Figure 1 is anend view of a ca'r provided with a coupling device constructed.

in accordance withlmy invention. Fig. 2 isa side view of the adjacentends of two connected cars. Fig. 3 is a plan View of the adj acentendsof two cars, showing the couplings interlocked. Fig. 4 is a detail planview, much enlarged, of the couplings. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of thesame.

As shown in the said drawings, A Aaretwo drawheads,which are madeexactly alike and attached to the car-body B in any common or preferredmanner.

C C are two hooks orv hooked arms, which are located at opposite sidesof each draw-head and are pivotally connected therewith by studs orpivot-pins a a. The said arms C C are pro- 'vided at their free or outerends with depending hooks c c, adapted to engage pins or projections D Dupon the opposite sides of the opposing draw-head. The opposite hookedarms C C upon each draw-head are rigidly connected with each other by across-bar, C', so that both hooks are raised and lowered together,andthe outer faces of the hooks C C are inclined orbeveled downwardly andinwardly, so that said hooks will rise and pass over the in bringing thedraw-heads together.'

In the operation of this device only onepair vof arms C C and pins D Dare usedat one pins D D when said pins encounter the hooks engagement ofthe hooks of the -arms which are in use with the pins D D shall not beinterfered with.

The draw-heads A A are herein shown as recessed and provided withcoupling-pin apertures aa, so that the cars containing my. improvedcoupling device may be coupled with other cars by means of the commoncouplinglink. Y

As a further and special improvement, de-` vices are herein shownforactuating the hooked arms C C of the coupling device above describedfrom the sides and top of a car,as follows:

E is a horizontal rock-shaft which is pivotally supported upon the endof the ycar above the coupling devices by means of bearings e e. Thesaid` rock-shaft is provided with a rigid arm, E', connected with thecross-bar C of the coupling-hooks C C, by means-of a link, e. The saidrock-shaft extends from side to side of the car, and is provided at itsends with rigid arms or hand-levers E2 E2,l whereby it may be rotatedforthe purpose of moving the arm E', and thereby raising and loweringthehooked arms C C, connected therewith. One

of the arms er levers E2 Ais provided with an inwardly-extending partorfinger, e2, parallel cars. The act of coupling the cars is, however,

automatically performed without attention on f the part of the brakeman,except to see that the arms on one car are secured in an elevatedposition and the arms on the other car are resting horizontally, so thatthey will befree l o to engage the pins D D when the draw-heads cometogether. e For actuating the coupling device from the IOO top of the`car the rock-shaft E is provided with another rigid arm, E3, with theouter end of which is connected a vertically-arranged rod, G, extendingto a point above the top of the car and provided at its upper end with ahandle, g, by which it may be conveniently manipulated. The said rod isengaged with an eye or ring, II, upon the end of the car,said ring beingadapted to allow the rod to slide freely in a vertical directiomand alsoto swing freely sidewise at its upper and lower ends. The arm Ea isattached at such angle to the rock-shaft that by moving the rod Gvertically the rock-shaft may be rotated to raise and lower the arms CC. By pushing or moving the upper end of said rod G laterally, therock'shaft may be shifted endwise in its bearings for the purpose ofengaging the finger e2 with and disengagiug it from the eye F. Itfollows that the roclrshaft may be rotated to lift the hooked arms andlocked in position with the arms raised, and that the hooks may bereleased and allowed to fall into operative position by properlymanipulating the said rod G.

The device described for actuating the coupling-hooks is simpieandlittle liable to get out of order, and is at the same time easilymanipulated either from the top of the car or from the ground.

I claim as my invention l. The combination,with the oar and a drawhead,A, provided with hooked arms C C and pins D D, of a horizontallongitudinally-movable rock-shaft, E, provided with a rigid armconnected with the hooked arms C C, and with au arm or handleverprovided with a finger, e2, and an eye or socket upon the car adaptedfor engagement with said finger, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the car and drawhead A, provided with hookedarms C C and pins D D, of a horizontal longitudinallymovable rock-shaft,E, provided with a rigid arm connected with the hooked arms C C, with anarm or hand-lever provided with a finger, e2, and with a rigid arm, Ei,and an eye or socket upon the car adapted to engage the said finger e2,a rod, G, engaged with said arm E, and an eye, H, upon the car,affording a sliding bearing for said rod G, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim' the foregoing as my invention I afx mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

CHRISTIE EBY.

Vtnesses:

J oHN BnRNEs, JOHN MONARTY.

